Global Citizen announced today that, as part of its campaign to end extreme poverty, it will bring its festival to South Africa for the first time. The December 2 Global Citizen Festival concert at FNB Stadium in Johannesberg will mark…
BAGHDAD -- More than a decade ago, Ismail Saleh says, a neighbor wanted to marry one of Saleh's cousins. Following the custom of their clan in northern Iraq, she was meant to wed Saleh, so the family refused. And thus,…
In this grab taken from video provided by ERITV, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, background centre is welcomed by Erirea's President Isaias Afwerki as he disembarks the plane, in Asmara, Eritrea, Sunday, July 8, 2018. ERITV via AP ADDIS ABABA,…
In this grab taken from video provided by ERITV, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, background centre is welcomed by Erirea's President Isaias Afwerki as he disembarks the plane, in Asmara, Eritrea, Sunday, July 8, 2018. ERITV via AP ADDIS ABABA,…
LONDON -- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday. The departure added to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government. May's office said in a terse statement that the prime minister had accepted Johnson's…
LONDON -- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday. The departure added to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government. May's office said in a terse statement that the prime minister had accepted Johnson's…
A commentator discussing Poland's Supreme Court for a news program got a surprise mid-interview -- his cat jumped on his head, and stayed there. Twitter/Rudy Bouma A Polish TV commentator had a surprise visitor jump into his interview last week…
Four more members of a youth soccer team were pulled from a flooded cave in a second round of rescue operations in Thailand on Monday. The 12 boys and their coach were trapped in the cave for two weeks. Four…
British police say they believe the latest victims of poisoning by nerve agent Novichok must have handled the material's container. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said Monday the death of Dawn Sturgess the day before shows that she and her partner…
This morning in our series "Pushing the Limits," we introduce you to an especially brave runner taking part in this year's "Running of the Bulls" at the San Fermin festival in Spain. A 1,000-pound enemy ... charging the front line…
A photo montage shows American Bill Hillmann (left in top frame, wearing white with a beard) as he falls down and gets gored in the right thigh by a 600 kg Victoriano del Rio fighting bull during the third "Running…
Location of remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl and of Tropical Storm Chris as of 1:26 a.m. EDT on July 9, 2018 National Hurricane Center YABUCOA, Puerto Rico -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl rushed over Dominica but then dissipated,…
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon says the U.S. service member killed in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan was a soldier from California. In a statement, the Pentagon identified the soldier as Cpl. Joseph Maciel of South Gate, California. He…
Rescue workers are seen next to houses damaged by a landslide following heavy rain in Hiroshima, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2018. KYODO / REUTERS HIROSHIMA, Japan -- People prepared for risky search and cleanup…
Four members of a boys soccer team in Thailand were rescued Sunday from a flooded cave where they were trapped for 16 days. The team of divers is expected to resume the mission Monday to rescue the remaining eight boys…
Britain's Secretary of State for Departing the EU David Davis arrives in Downing Street in London, June 26, 2018. Toby Melville / REUTERS LONDON -- Britain's most senior official in charge of negotiating the country's exit from the European Union…
Images from Facebook show Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie Rowley, 45, identified British media as the couple who fell ill after coming into contact with Novichok nerve agent in Amesbury or nearby Salisbury, England on June 30, 2018. FACEBOOK Britain's…
After more than two weeks trapped in a dark cave, eight boys and their soccer coach are waiting their turn for the risky escape. Four boys have already made it safely out of the cave. "This is the most scary…
This October 2012 file photo shows a mother giving her baby a bottle. Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty U.S. officials threatened Ecuador with punitive trade measures after the country introduced an international resolution that encouraged breastfeeding during a global health conference, according to…
This satellite image shows Tropical Storm Beryl on Sunday, July 8, 2018. NOAA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Gusty winds began to hit the eastern Caribbean on Sunday as Tropical Storm Beryl advanced rapidly toward a region struggling to recover…
TOKYO -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to cast negotiations with Kim Jong Un's government in a more positive light after North Korea accused him of making "gangster-like" demands in talks over the North's nuclear program during a two-day trip…
Protesters barricade a street in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on July 7, 2018, to protest against the increase in fuel prices. Hector Retamal / AFP/Getty Images The U.S. embassy in Haiti warned Americans Saturday to shelter in place due…
A Thai governor said Sunday the operation to bring the trapped 12 boys and their coach out of a cave has begun. The acting Chiang Rai governor told reporters "today is D-Day" with 13 foreigner and five Thai divers taking…
Female protesters call for South Korea's government to crack down on widespread spycam porn crimes during a rally in Seoul on July 7, 2018. STR/AFP/Getty Images SEOUL, South Korea -- Thousands of South Korean women gathered in Seoul on Saturday…